These articles explore the many aspects of trading stocks, bonds, and other securities on the U.S. exchanges, including the very basic steps that occur when you buy a stock, as well as some issues you may encounter when buying and selling stocks with the help of a brokerage house.
- Stock Trading Basics
- After Hours
- Bid, Offer, and Spread
- Brokerage Account Types
- Day Trading, Margin and Free Ride Rules
- Discount Brokers
- Direct Investing and DRIPs
- Electronically and via the Internet
- By Insiders
- Introducing Broker
- Jargon and Terminology
- NASD Public Disclosure Hotline
- Buy and Sell Stock Without a Broker
- Non-Resident Aliens and US Exchanges
- Off Exchange
- Opening Prices
- Order Routing and Payment for Order Flow
- Day, GTC, Limit, and Stop-Loss Orders
- Pink Sheet Stocks
- Price Improvement
- Process Date
- Round Lots of Shares
- Security Identification Systems
- Shorting Stocks
- Shorting Against the Box
- Size of the Market
- Tick, Up Tick, and Down Tick
- Transferring an Account
- Can You Trust The Tape?
- Selling Worthless Shares